Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
WONDERFUL MESMERISM.
A Strangely Gifted Frenchmsn Who Has
People at His Will.

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| People at His Will.
London Standard
The Sale du Zodiaque at the Crane
hotel in Paris was crowded on Wednes
day night, April 20, with doctors, journal
lists and well known Parisians, who hat
Teen invited by NJ. Hepp, the editor o.
the Voltaire, to witness some interesting
experiments of newly discovered hyp
notizer, M. Moulin. Without attempt
ting to account for the extraor.
! binary power possessed by III. Mou
tin, who is q comparatively young
and handsome man, over the doctors,
| journalists and ladies of the audience
who consented to mount the platform
and allowed him to experiment upon
them, will state in q few words what he
did.
NJ. Moulin does not put people to
sleep, but makes them obey his will
while thoroughly awake. He began by
choosing mis- subjects among the people
who presented themselves by placing his
hand on the nspe of the neck. While
talking to them he inquired whether
they felt an unusual heat under mis- hand.
If an affirmative answer was given he
knew he had a good subject, and, while
telling him to stand up straight, soon
brought him on his knees by simply
placing one hand lightly on his back and
holding the other in front of his knee.
1t was extremely curious to witness
the efforts made by some people to keep
their feet, but it was useless; they had
to go down on their knees. One gen.
tlemRn well known in Partisan So
Ciety was dragged around the room
among the spectators by NJ. Moulin, who
put that gentleman's hand first on his
shoulders and then on his head and told
him to follow him. When they got back
to the platform he told the same gentle
man, when sitting on the ground, that he
forbade him to rise. Notwithstanding the
most strenuous efforts, he could not rise
until he had received the magnetizer's
permission.
One of the writer's on the Gaulois was
operated on in yet more astonishing
manner. Placed at the extremity of the
long hall, with his back turned to NJ.
Moulin, he was told to do all he could
to prevent himself being drawn
backward toward the platform. He used
what seemed to be almost superhuman
efforts to stand where he was, but soon
his legs began trembling violently, and in
spite of all he was soon walking back
ward toward the operator.
After that everybody was made to
laugh heartily by the same gentleman be-
ing male to dance in most amusing
manner. III. Moulin also fought mock
duel with him. Asking for two walking
sticks, he gave one to the gentle
man, and, after crossing swords
with nim, paralyzed his arm by
his will. After releasing his adver-
saTy from that disadvantageous posi-
ton, NJ. Moulin told him that he defed
him to touch him with the stick. The
operator failed in this instance; for, after
prolonged effort, during which the
journalist seemed TO strain every nerve
and muscle in his body, he at last touched
NJ. Moutin's chest.
The operator, however, won great ap-
plause by recommending the experiment.
He stood perfectly still and offered, as
before, no resistance but his will and
magnetic power The gentleman with
his stick struggled, so TO say, against the
air; but he failed to touch the operator
One Of the ladies present was then
told by M. Moulin, while she was sitting
among the spectators, that he defed her
to say "NebuChadneZzaT." 1t was rldicu-
lous in the extreme to hear her try in
vain, till the operator gave her permits
sion to say the word.
The same lady was evidently a good
subject, for NJ. Moulin, placing two chairs
in the middle of the platform, sat down
on one, and then told the lady she
would come and sit down on the other
and lean her head on his shoulder
She protested, but in few minutes she
was seized with most violent trembling
in her outstretched arms. She got up,
ana then threaded her way among the
spectators in what seemed to be nerv-
Gus trance, for she trembled most vio-
lently. Some people thought she would
trip on the platform steps, but NJ. Mou-
tin, who was sitting quietly awaiting her
arrival, treasured them by saying: "She
cannot fall; 1 forbid her"
She sat down on the chair and, when
there, seemed determined not to put her
head on the operators shoulder; but in
a few moments she closed her eyes and
let her head fall. At the same instant M.
Moulin started to his feet and, blowing
in her face, restored her instantly 10 con-
seriousness. Other equally astonishing
were made by M. Moulin on
people who cannot be supposed for a
moment to be acco1nplices to trick.